We may anoint and massage the stomach, but we may neither knead nor scrape [the skin]. We may not go down to Kordima; nor take an emetic; nor straighten an infant[’s limbs]; nor set a fracture. If one’s hand or foot became dislocated, he may not massage them with cold water, but he may bathe according to his usual manner, and if he is healed, he is healed.

A person may borrow pitchers of wine or pitchers of oil from his friend, provided he does not say to him: ’‘Lend me.’’ In the same manner, a woman [may borrow] loaves [of bread] from her friend. If he does not trust him, he may leave his cloak with him and make a reckoning with him after the Sabbath. So too, in Jerusalem, [when] the day before Passover falls out on the Sabbath, he may leave his cloak with him, take his pesach offering, and make a reckoning with him after Yom Tov.

A person may count his guests and desserts orally, but not from a written note. And he may cast lots with his children and the members of his household [for portions] at the table, provided he does not intend to wager a large portion against a small portion, because of [the prohibition of] gambling. And [Kohanim] may cast lots for sacrifices on Yom Tov, but not for portions.

A person may not hire workers on the Sabbath, nor may a person tell his friend to hire workers for him. We may not [go to] await nightfall at the [Sabbath] boundary for the purpose of hiring workers or bringing produce, but one may await nightfall [to enable him] to watch, and bring produce in his hand. Abba Shaul stated a general rule: Whatever I am permitted to instruct [on the Sabbath], I am permitted to await nightfall for it.